Rodney invented a shit load of tricks most skaters take for granted. He started out as a freestyle skater, who turned those skills into amazing street skating.

The Great Street Skaters series or GSS are amazing videos of great street skating. With all hope you can help in ranking them. So if you have suggestions that we should consider, please contact us or post them in the comments. Enjoy.

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Mike Giant has some new prints available in his online store.  We’re most drawn towards the skate prints he has created featuring icons of skateboarding’s past.  You can buy them individually but, we recommend getting the set with matching numbers.  Both editions of 75 measuring 18″ x 24″.  The other print is after the jump,

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We decided today to maybe or maybe not start a new thing at TWBE, The Great Street Skaters series, or GSS. Amazing skate videos of great street skating, and then hopefully with your help, ranking them. So if you have suggestions that we should consider, please contact us or post them in the comments. Enjoy.

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iPhone developer Illusion Labs released a video today showing off what their current iPhone games would look like on a large multi-touch table. The technology behind this table is from TouchTech in cooperation with Crowd.

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We don’t know if you will be hitting any handrails with this one, and there is very little room for graphics, but if you are a commuter and want to skate to work and do not want to sweat your ass off then this is an option. It has a wireless control, if you step off it stops accelerating, and has Automatic ABS regenerative braking. What more can you ask for?  How soon till we see this on a ramp? For more info click here.

The opening sequence with Hosoi and the bassline from Six Pack should be on some kind of list for greatness.  Ohio Skateout has a killer soundtrack and is a throwback to a time long past.  This is part 1.

Etnies is bringing back the Rap. A shoe worn by NATAS Kaupas back in the day, and possibly one of the reasons why he could ollie over fire hydrants.

Check out the video featuring Pierre Andre Senizergues, Don Brown, Sal Barbier and Natas Kaupas that explains what set the Rap apart and why etnies is re-creating it today.

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Chalk this up to a simple fact. If you have enough money, you can turn your childhood dreams into reality.

The Ramp House was designed by Archivirus Architecture and Design of Greece, for a client who made a simple request that the house be a ‘skateable environment’.

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Damien Hirst’s spin painting skateboard decks for Supreme arrive in stores this Thursday, April 2nd.  In a promotional video on the stores website, Hirst explains that he thinks “they’re pretty cool” and “hopes you do to.” But, if you plan on putting it in a museum or on your walls, Hirst lets you know that he hates that more than anything.

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As a nod to the Enablist, we’re going to continue the friday skateboarding theme. Airing this week, Patrick O’Dell caps off his season 2 series on Lakai’s Fully Flared vid with a spot on the comeback kid: Guy Mariano. 2 Episodes already posted here, more to come soon if VBS and O’Dell can stop skinny dipping together and giving each other hand jobs long enough to worry about Gene P’s feelings.

Frankie Hill

Beautifully shot skate video. “Shot on Red #1347″. Poetic skating.

The New Deal was the shit, and this video was a personal favorite on VHS.

Not that I mind this too much, but wouldn’t it make sense to put the graphic on top with some clear grip tape so that the babe is always staring at your jank and smiling?

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In a recent interview with Glenn O’Brien for Interview Magazine, Supreme founder James Jebbia gives a little back story on the popular Artist series skate decks that Supreme has been producing.  One great quote in regards to the customers buying the decks stuck out to me because it is very true,

“It’s actually easier to get the art crowd, because they’ll buy anything if they think they can make money off of it.”

This leads into Supreme’s latest series by Damien Hirst which will enter stores and the internet later this year.  Based off of his Spin Series paintings, I wonder how he feels that each individual deck will only be $68? Welcome to 2009 Damien.